I hate crap, I like craftsmanship

“The instruction here is not for every kind of writer - not for the writer of nurse books or thrillers or porno or the…

— John Gardner

“A kilt swings with the wind and stands firm in spirit—Scottish soul in every fold.”

— Haider Ali Bajwa

I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at…

— Ai Weiwei

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

— Tom Stoppard

Stanley Kubrick, I had been told, hates interviews. It's hard to know what to expect of the man if you've only seen his films.…

— Tim Cahill

There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not…

— Aberjhani

“A small compromise leads to another small compromise, and finally we wind up doing something that we do not really love. It's a sneaky…

— James Krenov

What's important is the way we say it. Art is all about craftsmanship. Others can interpret craftsmanship as style if they wish. Style is…

— Federico Fellini

Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“What if the link or key to healing was through finding your unique personal creative outlet?”

— Michelle Dennis Evans

Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.

— Andre Gide

My uncles represented a strength and a power I think that to a certain degree I looked up to. But from another perspective, I…

— Willie Herron

Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of craftsmanship, I can't help but…

— Patrick deWitt

“Oculus[2,3,8,12,8,6] = [14,2,10,7,5] = [12,2,3,17] = [14,12,13] = [1,15] = 14, Box Model For Paisbox Molecular Portal [phirand, ring, circlet, diadem, itemizer, abstracter] Attributes=…

— Jonathan Roy Mckinney Gero EagleO2

“Postpone, not because you are being lazy. Postpone, only because you want to appear in a grand style.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson